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November 11, 2020

Bearing Fruit

How a noni farmer in Hawaii found abundance in a cup of worm castings By Michele Marchetti Eighteen years ago, Steve Frailey boarded a Hawaiian ...

October 21, 2020

Follow the Fall 2020 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Online

Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We ...

October 21, 2020

A Cornucopia Homecoming

Welcoming back a nutrition and food policy expert who helped build Cornucopia A central member of the brain trust that built The Cornucopia Institute is ...

October 15, 2020

Cornucopia’s Yogurt Scorecard Gets an Organic Makeover

The Cornucopia Institute’s yogurt scorecard now focuses exclusively on organic brands, the safest way to avoid toxic pesticides like chlorpyrifos. Cornucopia’s Organic Yogurt Scorecard ranks ...

October 8, 2020

The Quest for Parity

Tales from an Upstate New York Produce Department By Michele Marchetti In early December, as snow fell steadily on the Finger Lakes, Andrew Hernandez II ...

October 1, 2020

The Cultivator – Fall 2020

The Fall 2020 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF. In it you’ll find: Industrial-scale Organic Exploitation South Africa’s Organic Authority ...

September 17, 2020

Organic Farming is Rooted in Soil

The Wisdom of Wood Prairie Family Farm [This article was previously published in the spring issue of the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Rachel Zegerius, ...

September 3, 2020

Fair Food

Organic farming sustains ecological systems—of which humans play an inextricable role. But the USDA organic standards fail to address how farmers are paid or how ...

August 20, 2020

Aurora Dairy Plans to Open Factory Housing 7,000 “Organic” Heifers

As consumers call for improved animal welfare, stewardship of the soil, and conservation of dwindling water supplies, Aurora Organic Dairy is preparing to open a ...

August 20, 2020

Acing Back-to-School Grocery Runs

Cornucopia’s scorecards help you make the best choices for your school kids If you’re one of millions of Americans for whom back to school means ...

August 5, 2020

Into the Woods

The Animal Welfare, Farming, and Consumer Benefits of Silvopasture [This article was previously published in the spring issue of the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by ...

August 3, 2020

The Co-op Safety Net

Values-based solutions in a time of need [This article was previously published in the spring issue of the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] “Concern for community” ...